Transferring Credit

WPI’s School of Business allows graduate students to transfer up to nine credits of prior graduate-level course work. Criteria for transferring credits include the following:

• A grade of 3.0 (or equivalent) or higher
• Course must have been taken within the prior six years
• The credit has not been applied toward a graduate degree at another institution
• The course must be similar to WPI graduate business courses

Examples of School of Business graduate courses and similar courses at other institutions:

FIN500 - Financial Information and Management ‒ Similar courses include the following:

• Financial Accounting
• Finance

FIN501 - Economics for Managers ‒ Similar courses include the following: 

• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics

MIS500 - Innovating with Information Systems ‒ Similar courses include Management Information Systems course(s) covering the following:

• IT Governance
• Security Management
• Enterprise Systems
• Privacy and Ethics
• System Development
• Cloud Computing
• Open Source
• Mobile Technologies
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

MKT500 - Understanding Customers and Creating Value ‒ Similar courses include the following:

• Principles of Marketing Strategy

OBC500 - Group and Interpersonal Dynamics in Complex Organizations ‒ Similar courses include 1-2 organizational behavior courses with an experiential design. These courses must have a strong emphasis on self-awareness and improvement in the areas of relationships and group process.  Additional topics must include:

• Communication
• Power
• Influence
• Structure
• Group and Intergroup Processes

OIE500 - Analyzing and Designing Operations to Create Value ‒ Similar courses include the following:

• Operations Management/Research
• Statistics

For more information, contact Norm Wilkinson, director of programs: nwilkins@wpi.edu.